Mixing apparatus



G, H. HAlNE$ IIXING APPARATUS Pled April 25, 1928 July 9, '1929,

Patented July 9, 1929'.

UNITED STATES" GEORGE n; names, or cALEnoIA, onto, Asslenoa 'rofnn GRAIN 'MACHINERY COMPANY, or MARION, oHIo, A CQRPORATIQN- or o'H1o. =1"i.

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Application mea April 25,

10 Another object of my invention is to proride a mixingr apparatus and feed illYlt@ f' vided `1n the wall of. the mixing cl1amber.3.

, so that the operator can determinewhen the therefor of improved form. i

Still another object ol my invention is to simplify and improve generally vthe structure and operation ol mixing apparatus.

(lne form which my invention may take is shown in the accompanying draining, wherein Figure l is a View of the apparatus.v par- V tially in elevation and partially insect-ien, and Fig. 2 is an elevational view looking from the lett hand side of Fig. 1.

'lhe mixing chamber proper is designated by the numeral 3 and has a hopper-like bottom 4 el' inverted cone shape. A cylinder 5 is supported centrally of the chamber 3 by means of brace rods 6, 7 and 8, Whose outer ends are connected to the wall of the cl1a1nber, and whose inner ends are suitably joined to the cylinder 5. rlhe cylinder is open at both ends, its lower end being flared to permit the material to be more readily car ried into and through the same. v

A shaft 9 is mounted on the upper end of the mixing chamber and carries a pulley 10 which may be driven from any suitable source of power. The shaft 9 also carries a bevel pinion 11 which meshes with a gear wheel 11a that is secured to the upper end of a shaft 12. The shaft 12 is provided with a vane 15 so that it will serve as a screw conveyor when rotated.

A cylindrical-like extension 16 isprovided/at the lower end of the hopper 4 andserves as a conduit through which material is advanced to the hopper. A screw conveyor 17 feeds material through the side of the cylinder 16 to the conveyor 15. The conveyor 17 is mounted beneath a hopper 18 into which material such as meal, bran, etc., or other material may be dumped. The conveyor 17 is driven by a chain 19 through sprockets 2O and 21. As the material is dumped into the hopper 18, it is advanced by the screw 17 to the screw conveyor 15 by which it is carr fi,

ried up to the hopper 4; lien the hopper-4i` vbecomes approximately filled, the conveyorH 15 will carry the materialupwa'rdly through i the conduit 5 and eject it from the upper endl i l thereof. AThe c]ected material will fall.- in.-v the form of a spray inthe'mixing chamberthe cylinder 5. serves to veffectively mix 4the constituentpor=1i tions ofthe materiaLwyfxq-i f..

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material has been suliciently miXed.f.During actual mixing-of.the. materialfawithinthe -cha mher 3,110 additional linatciialwill :ordia narily .be suppliedlto` theliopper 1,8. il

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is pivotally connected Uto'tlie hopper and to the gate. Material will thereupon flow through a spout 26 intoa bag or otherreceptacle 27. 'lhc receptacle 27 is shown as placed upon a platform 28 that is vibrated by cams mounted upon a shaft 29 which is driven, through a chain 30, from any suitable source of power, such as that from which the shaft 9 is driven. The vibration of the platform 28 serves to settle and compact the material in the receptacle.

. The flared lower endl or hood-like portion of the conduit 5 serves an important function in that it causes material Ato be advanced upwardly by the screw through the conduit 5 which material would otherwise simply be-90 forced away from the screw in a generally radial direction, by centrifugal force or otherwise. It has been found that if the conduit 5 is of cylindrical form throughout, the material engaged by the screw 15 at points below the lower end of the conduit will simply be forced outwardly from the screw instead of being carried up into the conduit. The cone-like hood serves to catch the material which is forced radially outward an'd upwardly through rotation of the screw, and the material so caught willbe held until it becomes packed or compacted sufficiently to be caught by the screw and 4carried up through the conduit, the material then being discharged from the upper endof the conduit as heretofore explained. The materials discharged from the upper end of the conduit .-601-4 3 and even tually-be again circulated through Thls repeated ci1culation:z-.f

.to its. -lowemrendgiarzoonduit extending@ uis-J Swirlsconveyor.tof direct material upwardly thromghsaid conduit andA over the upper edgey thereor; the-lower ondo the. conduit having zu firred opening` to permit re-entry of the nmterizrll which. is discharged from; the upper chamber, a; conduitL 'oft eylindriezrl. limwy com :ud elmnbeng. af, second conduit 'disposedif 'witliinrf swidfelinnber; in@ axial ulinemenii.fwitlluv but? spaeed nbove==tlleirst-nzunedJl condhi-fescrew'conveyor oper-- ating; ini-said. conduits: andimeans fon* supply-` ingr. materiali in'loi4 thier-lbnez posizioni ,-oitheY 1 centrallyifo u-point'bclow said lower end.

kffMixmgr apparatus comprising; a verti cally-disposedconduit, whxehvisared at itsV lowerx end, and :l screw conveyor operating.,

ina'szridconduit, and extending to- :i point below tho-"lower'end: thereof,l to advance nia-.-

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chamber of' hopper form adjacent to itsA` lowerend, a conduit disliosed in said; cham--v belg und? :t screw conveyor disposed in said.I conduit,` andi extending toa point belowthe lower-end thereof, thelower end-of the con 55 duit.beingffiarednnd located Within the said hopper lportion:L of theA chamber..

Ine testimony whereof Ig. the said GEORGE.,

H'A-mr'stlmve hereunto.'` set my hand.

GEORGE HAI-NES. 

